Dual-Sport

Honda has replaced its highly successful CB500X with a new model that revives an old name in the form of the NX500

We sent Chris Moss to the Dave Thorpe Off-road School for a play in the mud on Honda's new, friendly off-roader

Does this mini-adventure machine live up to the GS name?

Husqvarna's second post-BMW bikes - are they good for the Husqvarna brand?

Trail Blazer

Remember Honda’s once ubiquitous XL185?

Can you really have the best of both worlds?

I've swapped the Speed Triple for something more suited to winter

Competent all-rounder but not the best GS in the range

The ultimate buying guide for BMW’s lightweight adventure bike

The Suzuki Van Van's appeal may be limited but there's more to the bike than you can see

BMW comes over all coy about the size of its new 798cc middleweight. What’s up lads, got something to hide?

The 500cc parallel-twin motor from the discontinued GPZ500 finds its way into a new Kwak trailie for '05. Should make a cracking first bike.

In a fashion conscious market what does it take to stand out from the crowd and attract a new breed of rider? Say hello to the new wave in motorcycle design .

Chris Walker's used to sliding bikes but this is out of control. As he flashes into view, out of the forest behind, there's a violent, rasping bark from his KTM's carbon can as the bike slews sideways.

"A Derbi Mull-who-son?" I queried. "It's pronounced Mull-hass-en," said Tim.

I wasn't sure about the styling of BMW's new baby the F650CS when I first saw it, but the style loving Italians loved it. Wherever I parked the BMW in and around the launch city of Florence it drew admiring glances and comments.